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A Japanese civic group member holds a placard to protest against Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) over the nuclear leakage at the company’s Fukushima nuclear power plantYoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty

Richard Smart

Published at 12:01AM, February 14 2012

The Japanese Government has handed the Tokyo Electric Power Company a further
£5.6 billion in support, but with a demand that if it is to give any more it
will be in return for having a hand in running the company. The loan is only
£50 million short of the annual losses that Tepco expects to suffer this
year as it still reels from a wave of compensation claims in the wake of
last year’s tsunami and meltdowns at its Fukushina Daiichi nuclear plant.
Tepco lifted its compensation bill estimate yesterday to £13.9